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Daniel Schultz (cello) & Sejin Yoon (piano)
Bayle Music
Saturday 17th January, 2026
3:00 pm
The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2XL
Concert
Daniel Schutz (cello) and Sejin Yoon (piano)
Daniel Schultz is an accomplished Finnish cellist currently based in London. He is pursuing a Professional Diploma at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Alfredo Piatti Chair and Professor of Cello, Josephine Knight. Daniel completed his Master of Arts at the Royal Academy with distinction and was awarded both the Principal’s Prize for exceptional all-round studentship by Principal Jonathan Freeman-Attwood and the Sir John Barbirolli Prize. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Sibelius Academy, where he studied under Professor Martti Rousi.
Daniel has been recognized in numerous prestigious competitions, most notably winning third prize at the 2022 Turku Cello Competition. Daniel is also a 2025–2026 String Scholar of the Drake Calleja Trust, and a 2025 Tillett Debut Artist, both prestigious schemes that provides recognition, performance opportunities, and support for outstanding young musicians. As a soloist, he has appeared with several leading orchestras, including the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, and most recently, the Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra.
Sejin Yoon is currently in the first year of her Master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music, where she is a recipient of the Elizabeth and George Wells Scholarship. She is also an award holder of The Musicians’ Company Carnwath Piano Scholarship and a Young Artist with The Musicians’ Company. She is grateful for the further support she receives from Help Musicians and the Countess of Munster Trust.
Her most recent engagements include the Academy’s internal competition, the Sterndale Bennett Prize, where she was awarded the first prize by the adjudicator Charles Owen, as well as the Historical Women Composers Prize established by Diana Ambache. She previously completed her undergraduate studies with a First-Class Honours at the Royal Academy of Music, where she held a full scholarship supported by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).
Dvořák Rondo for cello and piano
Sibelius Melancholia
Schumann Adagio and Allegro
Chopin Sonata for cello and piano
£15
